Receptacle for powdered substances.



PATENTBD DEC. 10, 1907.

Y. K. BUBLL.' RBCBPTACLE FOR POWDERED sUBsTANcEs.

W/NESSEs YOUNG KIE BUELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECEPTACLE FOR POWDERED SUBSTANCES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed September-18. 1907. Serial No. 393.454-

To all 'whom 'it 'may conce-ra:

Be it known that I, YOUNG Kin BUELL, a subject of the Emperor of China, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Receptacle for Powdered Substances, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relatos to receptacles for powdered substances, my more particular object being to produce such a receptacle especially adapted for holding pep er or salt,

Ee readily shaken out.

1 My invention further relates to means for varying vthe outletof the receptacle, in such manner as to re ulate at will the quantity of the powdered su stance discharged when the receptacle -is shaken.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 1s" a central vertical section through a4 saltcellar embodying my invention, this view showing the body ortions of the saltcellar, the metallic cap tted upon the neck thereof and provided with slots,

and the adjustable gage plate likewise provided with slots adapted to re lster more or less imperfectly with the Slo of the cap; Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the cap provided with slots, and also, underneath this cap, the gage plate likewise provided with slots; and F ig. 3 is a plan view of the gage plate removed from the ca The body of a saltcellar 1s shown at 4 and is lplrovided with a threaded neck 5. A meta 'c cap 6 is provided with a threaded portion .7 fitting upon this neck. The cap 6 is provided with apertures 8 of substantially arcuate form, each tapering` off comparatively narrow at 9. A gage plate 10 has the form of a disk and is provided with slots 11 of arcuate form,'each tapering off narrow at 12. The slots of the gage plate cross the slots of the cap, as indicated in Fig. 2. The gage plate 10 is provided with a central aperture 13. A button 14 is provided with a stem 15 and with a neck 16. The stem 15 x extends through the cap 6 and the neck 16 through the gage plate 10. A head 17 is mounted rigidly u on the neck 16 and .g2 10 rigidly againifl, i

clamps the gage pla stem 15. By gage plate 10 is rotated. The parts are so tted that the gage plate 10 does not turn too easily, and when laced in a given osition will remain in t at position unti the button 14 is turned again.

The operation of my device is as follows: The sait 18 being placed within the body portion 4, the cap 6 is screwed into position, as indicated in Fig. 1. grasps the button 14 and'turns it, thereby; turning the gage 10. As will be understood from Fig. 2, the slots of the gage cross the slots of the cap 6ja'n by turning the gage plate by'aid of the button 14, the aggregate area, representing the open spaces formed by the crossing of the slots, may be increased or decreased at will. The amount of lalt thus discharged may be regulated at w1 f v Ido not limit myself to the useof the invention upon saltcellars and pepper bottles, for obviously the same principle can be employed for any, other powdered substance without departing from the spirit of my invention. v Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A receptacle for powdered substances, comprising a body portion, a cap mounted thereupon and provided with slots of sub stantially arcuate fo'L i., a gage plate rotatably mounted on the cap and likewise provided with slots of substantially arcuate form, the slots of said gage plate crossing the slots of said cap, and means for turning said gage plate. Y

A2. A receptacle for powdered substances, comprisingva body portion provided with slots of substantially arcuate form, and a gage plate rotatably mounted upon said body portion and likewise provided with slots of substantiallyarcuate form, the slots of said gage platehrossing the slots of said bodv portion, all of the slots in said body portion and said gage plate being narrower at their inner ends.A

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' YOUNG KIE' BUELL.

turning the button 14 the 65 The operator next late always 

